Mangaluru: Rev. Father Ravi Santosh Kamath, Bijay Church's F. Wilson Vitus D'Souza, Manjnady Ahmad Musliyar laid the foundation stone for the City Square commercial complex, which is being built by the prestigious Rohan Corporation and Property Infratech on Lal Bagh's Mahatma Gandhi Road here.

Speaking after inaugurating the programme, SCDCC Bank Chairman Dr. M.N. Rajendra Kumar said, "foundation stone for the City Square commercial complex , a major project has been laid in the heart of the city after the demonetization. Rohan Monteiro of the Rohan Corporation has made his name in the real estate industry. My support is there in all his projects. I wish Rohan constructs more buildings," he said.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, who was speaking after releasing the brochure of the City Square commercial complex, said "the buildings which are being constructed in Mangaluru must be smart as the city has been selected as Smart City. Accordingly, Rohan Monteiro's building is also smart. We wish him more success in the future," he wished.

Rohan Monteiro of Rohan Corporation said, "I have been in business for 31 years. Of which, for 25 years I have been engaged in the real estate industry. Meanwhile, I have struggled in the industry with several ups and downs. I am doing business as a service by constructing residential establishments and layout buildings. Customers must cooperate and support ," he requested.

Mayor Bhaskar K, MCC Chief Secretary Shashidhar Hegde, former legislators JR Lobo, Moideen Bava, MUDA Chairman Suresh Ballal, CREDAI President DB Mehta, building owner Abdul Aziz, his wife Noor Jahan, MCC members Jayanti Acharya, Naveen D'Souza, Sabita Miskith, building designer Peter Pawel, Harikrishna Bantwal, KC Naik, Advocate Abdul Aziz, district former registrar Haq, Abdul Rauf Puthige of Vishwas Bawa Builders, Haji SM. Rashid, Mansoor Ahmed, and others were present.

Rohan Monteiro presented welcome address in the programme. Manohar Prasad anchored the event, and Padmanabha Shetty proposed the vote of thanks.

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Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.

Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.

Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.

An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.

The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.

A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.

Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."

"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.

"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.

A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.